["How you feel right now, what you want from him" -- that, Hakkai thinks, is absolutely not safe. But there are impersonal subjects. There are even personal subjects that don't involve Gojyo's past or their relationship, even if those seem too likely to end in someone being punched in the face.
There are good reasons not to try to be too friendly, among which is Gojyo's obvious wariness at the idea. There are good reasons to build trust, though: Sharak has enough sway over Gojyo to influence him away from anything he would regret too bitterly, but she doesn't always know the situation, as this conversation demonstrates.
And then, there's the selfish reason, too. As much as he might intellectually understand Gojyo's motivations, as impersonal as he suspects the anger and rejection really are, it still hurts. It hurts, it angers him, and he lashes out.
Next time, he thinks, perhaps he'll take Sharak's advice, keep his mouth shut, and punch Gojyo instead. It might be more satisfying.]
I'll try the weather. In a little while. It sounds as though he has enough to deal with at the moment.
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["How you feel right now, what you want from him" -- that, Hakkai thinks, is absolutely not safe. But there are impersonal subjects. There are even personal subjects that don't involve Gojyo's past or their relationship, even if those seem too likely to end in someone being punched in the face.
There are good reasons not to try to be too friendly, among which is Gojyo's obvious wariness at the idea. There are good reasons to build trust, though: Sharak has enough sway over Gojyo to influence him away from anything he would regret too bitterly, but she doesn't always know the situation, as this conversation demonstrates.
And then, there's the selfish reason, too. As much as he might intellectually understand Gojyo's motivations, as impersonal as he suspects the anger and rejection really are, it still hurts. It hurts, it angers him, and he lashes out.
Next time, he thinks, perhaps he'll take Sharak's advice, keep his mouth shut, and punch Gojyo instead. It might be more satisfying.]
I'll try the weather. In a little while. It sounds as though he has enough to deal with at the moment.